Allison & Allison
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Architectural firm
An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...
of James Edward Allison (1870-1955) and his brother David Clark Allison (1881-1962). Originally based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Allisons moved to southern California in 1910 and at first specialized in public schools.
Among the notable projects by this firm are:
- Riverview United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1907
- Friday Morning ClubFriday Morning ClubFriday Morning Club is a historic building on South Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles that was built in 1923 and was the home for many years of a women's club of the same name. The architects were Allison & Allison....
Building, Los Angeles, (now the Variety Arts Center), downtown Los Angeles, 1923 - Wilshire United Methodist Church 1924
- First Baptist church, 1925, Westmoreland and 8th Street, Los Angeles
- Thirteenth Church of Christ Scientist, 1926
- First Unitarian Church, MacArthur ParkMacArthur ParkMacArthur Park is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.- Geography :...
district, Los Angeles, 1927 - Royce HallRoyce HallRoyce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles . Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison in the Italian Romanesque Revival style and completed in 1929, it is one of the four original buildings on UCLA's Westwood campus and has come to be the...
, Kerckhoff Hall and Kaufman Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, 1929 - 1932 - Southern California EdisonSouthern California EdisonSouthern California Edison , the largest subsidiary of Edison International , is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California, USA. It provides 14 million people with electricity...
Building, downtown Los Angeles, 1930, by staff designer Austin Whittlesey, with murals by Hugo BallinHugo BallinHugo Ballin was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York. When the Wisconsin State Capital was built in the early 20th Century, Ballin created 26 murals for its interior...
and exterior bas-reliefs by Merrell GageRobert Merrell GageRobert Merrell Gage was an American sculptor, frequently credited or referred to as Merrell Gage.Gage was born in Topeka, Kansas and studied in the Topeka public schools and at Washburn University. He worked on ranches in the Midwest before settling on an art career... - First Congregational Church (1930), Commonwealth and 6th Street, Los Angeles
- the Janss DomeJanss Investment Company BuildingThe Janss Investment Company Building, also known as the Janss Dome, is an historic building in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, California. The building is located at the five way intersection of Westwood Boulevard, Kinross and Broxton Avenues....
, Westwood Village, 1930 - Beverly Hills Post OfficeBeverly Hills Post OfficeBeverly Hills Post Office is the name given to a section of Los Angeles, California, that lies within the 90210 ZIP code, which is assigned to the Beverly Hills Post Office. Mailing addresses with the ZIP code 90210 are written as "Beverly Hills, CA 90210", though the properties themselves lie...
, Beverly Hills, CaliforniaBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBeverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...
, 1932-1933 (with Ralph Flewelling) - Hollywood Post Office, 1937